Raven’s Banquet – Free First Chapter…
Overlord
A few years ago, Clifford Beal delighted readers with his historical fantasy novel Gideon’s Angel. This first book was set at the end of the English Civil war (mid 1650’s)…
Overlord
Lee Harris leaves Angry Robot for Tor’s New Imprint
In news I’m both happy about (personally) and worried about (as a genre fan), Lee Harris has left Angry Robot to join Tor’s new imprint, The Imprint. Firstly, the thing…
Prince of Fools by Mark Lawrence
As with most of my reviews, this post contains spoilers, but for no more than the first 1/4 of the book. Because so many reviews of this book are out…
Spoiler: Will ‘Lady Stoneheart’ be in Game of Thrones?
Those who have read A Feast For Crows / A Dance With Dragons, probably have fond memories of Cold Hands and Lady Stoneheart. If so, as the last episode of…
Giant insects attack post-apocalyptic Berlin in new series
We’re all keen to find out how Guardians of the Galaxy turns out. Some are predicting that it will be new-era Marvel’s first flop, where as others are championing it…
Queen Elizabeth II passes on the Iron Throne
The opportunity for what could have been the best photo… ever has been lost. From the moment it was announced that The Queen of England would be visiting the set…
Adam Christopher’s ‘Robot P.I. Series’ Snapped Up
I remember, a few years back now, there was an unusually large buzz around an – at that point – unpublished author named Adam Christopher. All I really knew about…
Fantasy-Faction’s “Grim Gathering” in London, August 13th 2014 @ 6:30pm
A few years ago Fantasy-Faction held an event in London. Peter V. Brett and Myke Cole were coming over from America and Joe Abercrombie was in town too, so we…
Open Letter to Former Strange Chemistry Authors
Dear Former Authors of Strange Chemistry, Many of you would not have heard of me, but my name is Marc Aplin and I run a website named Fantasy-Faction. Fantasy-Faction is…
Angry Robot Shuts Down YA & Crime Fiction Imprints
I was saddened to hear that Angry Robot Books will be shutting down their Young Adult (Strange Chemistry) and Crime Fiction (Exhibit A) imprints. Angry Robot is probably one of…
Magic The Gathering Movie Coming? GoT Writer Involved…
News broke today that Game of Thrones Writer, Bryan Cogman, is set to write a number of movies based on the popular ‘Magic The Gathering’ card game. According to Deadline,…
David Gemmell Legend Award Winners Announced
The David Gemmell Legend Award winners have finally been announced and I think two of the three awards went the way we were expecting (Best Art and Newcomer), with what…